He is smiling and wearing a khaki green shirt with a mustard yellow cardigan] After a period of silence, in 2024 it was announced the film would not be released due to difficulties securing a distributor, being described as ‘unreleasable’ with creatives behind the film attributing this to its graphic violence and gore.
Unlike your average Marvel film, however, The Toxic Avenger was branded ‘absurdly gory’ and ‘extremely silly’ by those lucky enough to see it.
Film producer Adam Masnyk took to X at the time to say The Toxic Avenger was ‘not safe enough to market’, and that it could well become lost media.
‘Absurdly gory’ film ‘too graphic to be released’ is finally coming to cinemas To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video.
It boasts a star-studded cast including Game Of Thrones star Peter Dinklage and Lord Of The Rings icon Elijah Wood alongside Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon, Sarah Niles, Julia Davis, and Julian Kostov.